Maybe I need a bigger pickin’ basket
It was a bounty this morning. It was a little dicey picking the little sugar baby tomatoes which are right next to the black eyed peas, with the yellow jackets […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Saint Francis and Saint John
Years ago I got a St. John’s wort plant, just cos it was something else interesting to have growing. It took a long time to spread out, but it covers […]
Time to eat black eyed peas
They get really big plants before they start to produce flowers and then bean pods, but they’re worth waiting for. Cook them in water about 10 minutes, while you fry […]
It’s Fair time!
We have a great Fair here. It’s the 58th year, so something about it was always right. It’s also the largest bi-county Fair in Pennsylvania, since the town sits in […]
Train your black eyed peas well………
If you don’t train them well, they might strike out to find their own way in the world, and then who knows where they might end up! Some will be […]
We get by with a little help from our friends
My tomatoes have normally grown to 7′. This year we’re successfully growing cucumbers: so successfully that they have also reached 7′. And some have come around the corner of […]
How to spend a hot summer day
She knows to stay downstairs, cos the upstairs is much warmer in a long skinny house that has the long side facing east. We have a heat advisory today, […]
Chili today
Pick tomatoes and a jalapeno from the garden, soak some kidney beans from last year, chop up some other things and after while I’ll have a little pot of chili!
Enough to share
I always like to plant extra, for several reasons. For one thing, something might not grow, and then you wouldn’t have enough. And if you’re planting seeds, seeds really […]
Some pleasures of summer………
A ride in a horse drawn wagon at a nice summer festival. The fresh smell of laundry dried on the line. Upsetting the little Jenny wren cos I’m […]
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